An oil tanker wanted by the U.S. for allegedly circumventing sanctions on Iran has been hijacked – and is now anchored off the coast of the Islamic Republic, a seafarers organization says. The Dominica-flagged MT Gulf Sky, as of Wednesday, is located in Iranian waters near Hormuz Island, according to TankerTrackers.com. The vessel then took on Iranian oil from Kharg Island to sell abroad, the U.S. government said. Court documents allege the scheme involved the Quds Force of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which is its elite expeditionary unit. It filed a report saying the vessel and its sailors had been abandoned by its owners since March off of the Emirati city of Khor Fakkan.

Source: Fox News July 15, 2020 12:45 UTC